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The 4.5-inch (114 mm) Mark 8 gun can be found on all the Royal Navy's frigates and destroyers and was used from the Falklands War to the War in Iraq.The gun can fire up to 24 high explosive shells per minute, each weighing more than 40 kilograms (88 lb), at targets more than 12 miles (19 km) away – this can be extended to nearly 18 miles (29 km) if special extended-range shells are used.
A new type of 4.5 inch gun with a longer 55-calibre barrel, it was designed in the 1960s for the Royal Navy's new classes of frigates and destroyers.The weapon, built by Vickers Ltd Armament Division, was developed by the Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment using the Ordnance, QF 105 mm L13 of the Abbot self-propelled gun as a starting point (it used electrical primers).
20 mm akan m/40 (Bofors 20 mm automatic gun L/70 model 1940) Sweden: World War II - Cold War 20 mm (0.79 in) 20 mm akan m/45 (Bofors 20 mm automatic gun L/70 model 1945) Sweden: Cold war 25 mm (0.98 in) 25 mm akan m/32 (Bofors 25 mm automatic gun L/64 model 1932) Sweden: Interwar - Cold war 25 mm (0.98 in) 1-inch Nordenfelt gun United Kingdom
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The 50-calibre BL 6-inch gun Mark XXIII [note 1] was the main battery gun used on the Royal Navy and British Commonwealth's conventional (non-anti-aircraft) light cruisers built from 1930 through the Second World War, and passed into service with several other navies when ships were disposed of after the end of the War.
The BL 14-inch Mk VII naval gun [2] was a breech loading (BL) gun designed for the battleships of the Royal Navy in the late 1930s. This gun armed the King George V -class battleships during the Second World War .
The BL 18-inch Mk I naval gun was a breech-loading naval rifle used by the Royal Navy during World War I.It was the largest and heaviest gun ever used by the British. [1] Only the Second-World-War Japanese 46 cm/45 Type 94 had a larger calibre, 18.1 inches (46 cm), but it fired a lighter shell.
The BL 15-inch Mark I succeeded the BL 13.5-inch Mk V naval gun.It was the first British 15-inch (380 mm) gun design and the most widely used and longest lasting of any British designs, and arguably the most successful heavy gun ever developed by the Royal Navy. [3]